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Besides avoiding social faux pas like this, communicating with how you position yourself in space is a fascinating thing to become more aware of. I was once on a panel observing a focus group in action. They were randomly selected to evaluate our product (different job). We were watching from behind a two-way mirror. We had multiple groups come through. Each group acted eerily similar down to the person. Based on which seat you chose, we had an idea how you would act and what you might say. The group was seated at an L shaped table. The person who sat at the apex would usually end up the leader of the group. The person at the 2nd to last seat on the long side was almost always silent. It's easy to understand why once you see it. The leader could make eye contact with everyone and direct conversation. The least observable seat had to fight just to be noticed (or preferred to be invisible). None of these people knew each other or exactly what they were getting into. They picked their seats subconsciously.